Here we are again, the first Christmassy thing that happens every year is GoodGym rocking up to St Johns Court to decorate the place for the festive Season.

Couple of trees, plenty of tinsel, Christmas tunes on the ghetto blaster, this is when we all begin to realise it is Christmas at last.

To that end, these Christmas Elves were on hand to help - Cosmo, Kate, Tanya, Emily, Bennath, Nev and Meyrick 'elved' themselves to as many decorations as they could in the hour they had.

We did a great job, the main entrance Christmas tree is always the jewel, but trees were also put up in the dining hall and the TV lounge, with the usual residents on hand to help.

We will return in January to take all of this down - not as popular an event if I'm honest, might just be me on my own, but for Christmas at least, we left the place feeling festive.

Problem with Autumn is there are a lot of leaves to clean up. Most of the time we just 'leave' this to nature, or cancel trains. But here at Sydney gardens, there is a huge task every year to clean up all the flower beds which become indundated with the things.

It is not becoming of England's last remaining Pleasure Garden to have untidy flower beds now is it? So that was today's task, cleaning the beds of leaves in support of the Friends of Sydney Gardens. Deciding not to Leave it Alone were Cosmo, Aaron, Tanya and Meyrick.

The leaves are not wasted, they are all put into the composting process. All done, we will be back in the New Year to continue supporting this wonderful initiative.

It ain't summer anymore is it? It was a great one, I can imagine when we are all retired we'll be like, "remember the summer of 2025? That was awesome wasn't it?" I shouldn't complain too much, it wasn't that cold on Sunday as six eager GoodGymmers rocked up to Sydney gardens for another session with our colleagues, The Friends of Sydney Gardens.

We never know what's in store for us, although it will be something gardening related. It was a pretty good turn out this week, so we were Gill divided us into two groups, one weeding the flower beds around the tennis courts, the other digging up more earth around the entrance to the grotto.

What were the names of these six heroes? Newcomer (and very welcome you are too) Nev, regulars Cosmo, Aaron, Bennath were joined by new Taskforce member Tanya as well as Meyrick.

We made quick work as usual, and the weather can't have been too bad as we retired to the Holburne Museum Cafe afterwards and sat outside drinking our beverages.

It's amazing to support a venture that encourages children to get fit and active. This Sunday, 122 of them took on the 2km circuit and won. Bath Junior Parkrun seems to get more popular every week. What's even more amazing is that one of the young runners was called... Dash! Congratulations on your personal best, Dash!

In a first for me, Meyrick and I took on the task of tail walkers, encouraging the participants from the rear and making sure no one was left behind. Actually it was tough to keep up! I was particularly proud of my dragon tail, while Meyrick sported a feisty fox number.

Tanya rocked the role of marshal with a brand new giant hand for hi-fiving the hardy sprinters. She says it stood up to the job and you've got to hand it to her.

GoodGym is all about getting fit while doing good. I feel this week fulfilled the brief - and everyone seemed to have a fun time too.